PLATE V. 



Fig. 1. — View of tlio ash-niantled shallow crator-basin or rather sunken top 

 of the Middle Cone in foreground, and the large engulfed solfataric 

 crater of the South Cone beyond, as seen southwards from the top of the 

 I^orth Cone or Kita-daké. Photo by ISlr. Yamaguehi on January 4th, 

 1915. Sec pages 35, 36. 



Yig-. 2. — Scene of the deserted Akobara villa2;e at the lava-front. Tiie oround 

 is thickly sheeted with the so-called volcanic conglomerate — a mass of 

 angnlar blocks of various sizes that rained contemporaneously witJi the 

 ragiug fiery wind, nuée ardente, Avhic-h out rooted and barked trees. 

 The hollows seen in the foreground were made by the impact of large block 

 projectiles at the first phase of eruption. The ' live ' lava later flowed 

 down and overrid the bewildered ground. Photo l)y the writer in INIay, 

 1914. See pages QQ, 71, 117. 



Fig. 3. — View taken on January 13th, 10'' 33™ A. ^r., 1914, showing the 

 lava-stream api^roachiiig the shore near the Hakama-goshi Jiill on tlie 

 western shore. Xote the rising vapor-cloud in the middle, s, from a 

 spatter vent in the flowing lava. Photo bought in Kagoshima on January 

 IStli, 1914. See pages 67, 72. 



